KING CRIMSON Islands 1972 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS w/GF INNER NICE COPY
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Jun 5, 2019 Sold Date
Jun 4, 2019 Start Date
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KING CRIMSON Islands 1972 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS w/GF INNER NICE COPY

KING CRIMSON
Islands

UK ISLAND (ILPS 9175) FIRST PRESSING (January 1972)
VERY NICE ORIGINAL COPY
BARELY PLAYED AND THE CLEANEST I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG WHILE

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ISLAND PINK RIM LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS 9175 A-1U / ILPS 9175 B-1U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/H and 1/A
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FLIPBACK SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD INNER SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"

Side 1:
Formentera Lady (10:14)
Sailor's Tale (7:21)
The Letters (4:26)
Side 2:
Ladies of the Road (5:28)
Prelude: Song of the Gulls (4:14)
Islands (11:51)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
The labels are clean and unmarked with barely a spindle trace to be seen.
This copy has seen very little play
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is barely a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT/VERY GOOD+
Possibly the most difficult original KC album to find in decent condition being housed in a thin delicate sleeve with a thin and equally delicate flipback inner sleeve and having so many quiet passages it never played in *MINT* condition from new (I know because my own copy bought on the day of release didn't).
This one has seen little use and plays just about as well as you are ever likely to find.
There are of course some clicks and pops but there are no prolonged scratches and it's what I would call exceptionally clean
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
There is rub to all the edges but the cover is clean and unmarked, good and solid with no structural damage and a very strong VG
GATEFOLD INNER SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
The gatefold inner has been repaired on all edges but is clean, neat and tidy

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)

Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
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 841 (GS 7.0.16 (841))


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